As a child, I often woke to the sound of my mother typing. I’d hear a spatter of sound, a pause, a tentative tap or two, some silence, then more taps. With the staccato music of the typewriter coming ...

BOSTON - At most concerts, it's a traditional band or a singer that's the big draw. For the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, it's the typewriters. They use old-style typewriters to give them their ...

Dressed in stereotypical business attire, though wearing comically large ties, Boston Typewriter Orchestra took to the Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall stage on Oct. 16 to perform “The Revolution ...

The sounds a manual typewriter makes are music to some people’s ears. Such is the case with the Boston Typewriter Orchestra (BTO), and their thousands of fans worldwide. When is the Boston Typewriter ...

A thrumming rhythm fills the room. Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables. A syncopated beat builds slowly. A space bar clicking. A call bell dinging. The even tap, tap, tap, ...